Tennessee May Become First State To Make ‘Super Bowl Monday’ An Official Holiday
I’ve said it before, I’m saying it again: the day after the Super Bowl should be a national holiday. It looks like more people are starting to agree, including two lawmakers in Tennessee. Football fans there may be rejoicing if a proposed bill comes to life.
Let’s face it, the Super Bowl is one of the biggest cultural events in America. In one way or another, millions of people participate in the occasion, even if they’re simply watching the broadcast for the commercials or the halftime show. Quite frankly, it’s silly that the Super Bowl doesn’t carry some sort of official holiday status.
Furthermore, we all know that copious amounts of alcohol, probably on par with New Year’s Eve and St. Patrick’s Day, are consumed on Super Bowl Sunday. That doesn’t make for a very productive Monday at work. And that’s why two Tennessee lawmakers are proposing a new bill.
According to the Morgan County Citizen, Senator London Lamar and Representative Joe Towns Jr. have introduced a bill that would replace Columbus Day with the day after the Super Bowl as an official Tennessee state holiday. Towns said the day takes a toll on the workforce, as many people skip work the day after the game.
The bill specifically reads: “Tennessee Code Annotated, Section 15-1-101, is amended by deleting the language ‘the second Monday in October, known as ‘Columbus Day’;’ and by inserting the language ‘the first Monday after the Super Bowl, known as ‘Super Bowl Monday’;’ immediately following the language ”Washington Day’;”
Senator Lamar and Representative Towns will need bipartisan support for their bill to pass. If it does, it would go into effect next year, thus making Tennessee the first state to officially recognize Super Bowl Monday as the day of rest it has always needed to be.
